Improvement in liquid-measuring cans



F. J. PHILLIPS. Liquid-Measuring Can. No. 217,548. Patented.Iq'ly15,187!9'.

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FRANCIS J. PHILLIPS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN LIQUID-MEASURING CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,548, dated July 15,1879; application filed A April 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANGIS J. PHILLIPS, ot' the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cans for Retailing Liquids and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved can, and Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same.

This invention has reference to an improvement in cans used in drug orother stores for retailing castor-oil or similar articles; and consistsin providing such a can with a pump, a faucet, and graduated slide, sothat the desired quantity can be drawn into the pump and discharged intoavial or bottle, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, A represents a can or similar receptacle. b is thecover of the same. 0 is a pump-cylinder, placed within the can and nearits bottom. dis a foot-valve; e, the pumppiston, secured to the lever f,the end of which is provided with the handle g.

The pump communicates with the faucet h, which terminates in thetapering nipple t, which can be readily inserted into the neck of abottle.

The lever f passes through a slide, K, which moves in two grooves, m m,formed by the flanged strip B, and so covers the slot or openin g in'which the lever f moves when the pump is operated.

The slide K may have a graduated scale or a pointer, c, marked on thesame, pointing to a graduated scale, 1, on the side of the flange, sothat when the piston of the pump, and with it the slide K, is raised toa certain mark, a

given quantity will have been raised in the pump-cylinder, and will bedelivered into the vial, bottle, or other receptacle, when the fancet his opened and the piston is pushed down.

Castor-oil and similar fluids may thus be retailed quickly withoutfirst' filling a measure and then pouring into a vial or bottle. It canbe done more quickly and far more cleanly, while no loss whatever isoccasioned in retailin g.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentr The combination, with the can A, of the pump 0, thefaucet h, the lever f, and slide K, arranged to deliver a'graduatedquantity, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FRANCIS J. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH A. MILLER, J OSEPH A. MILLER, Jr.

